Comment 0 for bug 7200

Package: hotplug
Version: 0.0.20040329-11
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks unrelated software

After upgrading pciutils from 11-11 to 11-15 hotplug loads the
framebuffer modules and initializes framebuffer. Since nothing is
prepared for it, the first console has a broken font (but this
is also on my ibook), X barly works
(but no keyboard), and leaving X gives me a almost black "console",
ie. input only.(2)

I never used framebuffer on this machine and I currently do not intend
to. And I definitly never consented to loading the appropriate
modules(1) (although they are build, because at some stage I wanted to
experiment but did not have time).

All other hotplug systems are harmless, since the modules can be
unloaded and everything is fine again, this is not the case for
framebuffer. Also since when is a video device "hotpluggable"?

If this bug is related to pciutils or discover, please reassign. If
you need more information, please tell me which.

(1) Looking at the debconf-info below this is confirmed (If I
    understand them correctly). And I do not have a USB keyboard.

(2) Yes, these are bugs which should be reported separately and
    independent of hotplug. But hotplug should not change the working
    of a system in such a fundamental way as to open a can of new
    bugs in other software, especially since the users might need the
    machine in the mean time.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: alpha
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages hotplug depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.29 Debian configuration management sy
ii modutils 2.4.26-1 Linux module utilities
ii procps 1:3.2.1-2 The /proc file system utilities

-- debconf information:
  hotplug/ignore_pci_class_display: true
  hotplug/net_agent_policy: hotplug
  hotplug/static_module_list:
  hotplug/usbd_enable: true
* hotplug/usb_keyboard:
  hotplug/x11_usbmice_hack: false
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